CVE-2002-0736

critical

Description

Microsoft BackOffice 4.0 and 4.5, when configured to be accessible by other systems, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the administrative ASP pages via an HTTP request with an authorization type (auth_type) that is not blank.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4528

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8862.php

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q316/8/38.asp

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0208.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-08-12

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.31572